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Bethany Cliffe Profile

Bethany Cliffe

Bethany is a 1st year PhD student at the University of Bath, researching the adaptation of...

Nina Higson-Sweeney

Nina's in the first year of her PhD in the Department of Psychology at the University...

Jay Dave

Jay is in the third year of his PhD at Savitribai Phule Pune University, researching the...

Dr Laura Tuohilampi

Dr Tuohilampi gained her PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of Helsinki in 2016. She...

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Freija Mendrik

Freija is half way through her PhD at the Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull,...

Dr Omotayo Ilesanmi

Dr Ilesanmi has a PhD in Applied Biochemistry from the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo...

Kamalpreet Singh

Kamal is a second year PhD student University of Toronto in the department of Chemistry. His...

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Christian Nathan

Christian is a PhD student at the University of Leeds. His research project investigatores the role...

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Prof Debby Cotton

Prof Cotton gained her DPhil in the school of education at Oxford University. She is now...

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Sam Rose

Sam is a new PhD student at Teesside University. Her research is focussed on better understanding...

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Writing Habits That Work

Don’t Let Research Overwhelm You: Writing Habits that Work

There’s no doubt about it – writing can be difficult. Whether you’re writing the first sentence of a paper or a grant proposal, it’s easy to feel like you’re drowning in a sea of words. However, good writing is critical to academic success, so here are six habits for research...

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